This is info for those trying to get Wifi to work on a MacBook Air after installing Linux Mint 21.1 (mine is Mate edition, probably similar for others).
This is based on the advice from superbear and Mtth88 at: viewtopic.php?p=1677503#p1677503
Steps:
1. Plug in Linux Mint installation USB and open it in file manager (or double click the USB drive icon on desktop)
2. Press Ctrl-F to open the search box and find the following files by typing the first few letters. eg: bcmwl and clicking the magnifying glass icon.
For each file, copy it to a known location, eg. Downloads
bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb
libc6-dev_2.35-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
libc-dev-bin_2.35-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
libcrypt-dev_1%3a4.4.27-1_amd64.deb
libnsl-dev_1.3.0-2build2_amd64.deb
libtirpc-dev_1.3.2-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
rpcsvc-proto_1.4.2-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
3. Open a terminal and cd to the directory where you copied those files and for each file, run the command: sudo dpkg -i FILENAME
where FILENAME is the name of each file in the above list. Start from the bottom of the above list and work your way upwards. Take note of any dependency error messages (in case you got the sequence wrong) and install the needed files and then try again. After you install the last file (
bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb ) the wifi should work.
Getting Wifi to work on MacBook Air with Linux Mint 21.1 Mate
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Getting Wifi to work on MacBook Air with Linux Mint 21.1 Mate
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